The sky above Chaotic Soul Ridge was completely dominated by an emerald divine dragon stretching for thousands of miles.
Encircled by three Gigantamax clouds radiating an ominous dark-red aura, every breath of the colossal Mega Rayquaza caused the mountain range below to emit strained, overwhelmed groans.
This was no illusion.
Its sheer size and terrifying energy density were so extreme that space itself was collapsing spontaneously.
At this moment, aside from Liu Yuan, the Snow Empress was the closest to this "Mega Rayquaza."
The instant she beheld the scene, shock filled her gaze.
She was the sovereign of the Extreme North Land, a super Spirit Beast whose cultivation approached seven hundred thousand years.
In her understanding, a Spirit Master's Martial Soul True Body was merely a manifestation of the martial soul's origin. Though it could greatly enhance combat power, it still had a clear upper limit.
Yet the sight before her eyes utterly shattered that common sense.
"What… exactly is this thing?"
The Snow Empress reached out her pale hand and caught a spark drifting down from the sky, carrying scorching dragon-type energy.
She could clearly sense that Mega Rayquaza, after Gigantamaxing, was far more than simply larger.
The mysterious aura surrounding its body—originating from the ancient Void Realm—had surged explosively.
Around its thousand-meter-long body, every inch of air was riddled with dense, minuscule spatial cracks.
This pressure had already surpassed the material realm. It felt more like absolute suppression at the level of rank itself.
To be honest, a thought arose in the Snow Empress's mind—one so absurd that even she felt disbelief.
If she were to fight this Gigantamaxed divine dragon one-on-one right now, assuming both sides went all out… could she truly win?
The answer felt obvious.
Unlikely.
She slowly turned her head, her gaze piercing through layers of storm clouds until it landed on Liu Yuan in the distance.
This man, who had become her "master" through a twist of fate, was becoming more monstrous by the day.
…
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of miles away from Chaotic Soul Ridge, deep within the Evil Demon Forest—the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult.
At the summit of the bone tower, shrouded year-round in dark clouds and vengeful souls, two figures who had sat motionless like stone statues suddenly snapped their eyes open at the same time.
One was a silver-haired woman, her once-withered face twisted with shock. She was the Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Spirit Cult, a Limit Douluo—Death God Ye Xishui.
Beside her sat the man who had protected her throughout her life, also a Limit Douluo—the Darkness Dragon King, Long Xiaoyao.
"What… is that thing?" Ye Xishui's voice was hoarse, trembling unmistakably.
Long Xiaoyao slowly rose to his feet. His back, usually as steady as a mountain, now looked strangely stiff.
He stared into the distance, where the once-gray horizon had been forcibly torn apart by streaks of brilliant green and dark red.
"It's in the direction of the Border Branch," Long Xiaoyao said in a frighteningly low voice.
"This aura… this fluctuation has already surpassed the limit of rank ninety-nine. It's a dragon's aura—yet so pure that even I, the 'Darkness Dragon King,' feel my bloodline trembling."
"How is that possible?!" Ye Xishui cried out sharply. "There are only a few Spirit Douluos stationed at the branch. How could they draw out such a monster? Could it be Di Tian? But this aura doesn't feel like him!"
"No matter what it is, we must go and see for ourselves," Long Xiaoyao said firmly, determination flashing in his eyes.
"Xishui, let's go. We need to find out what this thing truly is."
As his voice fell, two streaks of light—representing the very pinnacle of combat power on the Douluo Continent—ripped through the clouds and shot toward Chaotic Soul Ridge at near-teleportation speed.
…
At the same time, because of Mega Rayquaza's colossal size and the celestial disturbance spanning hundreds of miles, even Bright Capital, the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, was shaken.
Powerhouses standing atop high structures all noticed this unprecedented anomaly.
Inside the imperial palace, the Sun Moon Emperor stared at the scene in disbelief.
"What is that thing?" he exclaimed. "Quickly—issue a decree to Kong Deming! Have him investigate immediately!"
Although he had no idea what the creature was, since it appeared within Sun Moon Empire territory, a thorough investigation was unavoidable.
The order was issued without delay.
Within the Hall of Worship, Kong Deming—the strongest expert of the Sun Moon Empire—was equally shaken by the sight.
"This dragon… isn't it the one that appeared in Bright Capital before?" he muttered.
"But its size is far greater now. Is it really the same one?"
"No matter what, I can't afford to hesitate…"
Kong Deming immediately set out, heading straight toward the disturbance.
…
Meanwhile, outside the dean's office at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen were also staring at the distant sky in stunned silence.
"Grandpa, look over there!" Meng Hongchen exclaimed, pointing with her slender finger.
In her beautiful eyes, aside from shock, there was also a strange, inexplicable glimmer.
Xiao Hongchen was completely dumbfounded. As he gazed at the divine dragon coiling within the Void Realm as though it could swallow the world whole, a crushing pressure—and even fear—rose within his soul.
"It's too big… far too big," he swallowed dryly.
"What kind of Spirit Beast is this?"
"It seems even more terrifying than when it last appeared."
"On the entire Douluo Continent… who could possibly fight something like this?"
They recalled the shock they had felt upon seeing the creature for the first time.
Yet compared to now, that earlier shock felt insignificant.
Jing Hongchen was equally stunned, but beneath the shock lay deep confusion.
If this dragon truly was the same one they had seen before, then it made no sense.
A Spirit Beast's growth could not possibly be this fast.
Just then, Meng Hongchen spoke a single sentence that plunged everyone present into dead silence.
"Wait…"
"Grandpa, Brother… I think I've noticed something important."
Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen both turned to look at her.
"What is it?"
Meng Hongchen voiced her realization directly.
"Don't you feel…"
"That this dragon looks somewhat similar to Brother Liu Yuan when he uses Martial Soul Possession?"
"Brother Liu Yuan becomes a dragon-man when he possesses his martial soul, right? His body is also black—and the streamers of light, the eyes… they're very similar."
"Although there are some differences, I can't shake the feeling that this dragon resembles Brother Liu Yuan after Martial Soul Possession."
"Do you think…"
"Could this dragon have something to do with Brother Liu Yuan?"
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